Planting-pot.



G. B. SOUTHARD.

PLANTING POT. APPLICAUON FILED FEB. 16. 1914. RENEWED (ICT-27.1915-v naaien.l

GEORGE BnSO'UTHARD, OF REDLANDS, CALIFGRNIA, ASSIGNGR OF ONE-FOURTH T0 NETTIE N. CHILDS AND ONE-FOURTH TO THEIR-ESA A. NYE, GF LGS ANGELES, CALL FORNIA.

PLANTINGr-POT.

Application led February 16, 1914, Serial No. 818,857. Renewed October 2'?, 1915.

To all w tom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. Scorri-IARD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Redlands, in the county of San Bernardino, State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Plantinelots, of which the following is a specification.

This vinvention relates toa planting pot, and it is the object of this invention to provide a planting pot which can be easily and economically manufactured of Cheap materials, and which is particularly advantageous for use by nurserymen and the like in propagating small plants.

Another object is to provide a planting pot which can be separated to remove it from the soil contained therein so as not to disturb the roots of the plant.

A further object is to provide a planting pot formed of paper or similar material in which the material is so folded at the base of the pot as to form a support therefor, by which the bottom of the pot Will be elevated a short distance above the supporting surface to permit a free circulation of air beneath a vent in the bottom ofthe pot and to facilitate drainage.

The invention primarily resides in a pot formed of sheet paper or similar flexible material, detachable means for securing the ends of the sheet together to form the cylindrical walls of a pot; one end ofthe cylinder thus formed being folded to form the bottom of the pot with a vent, and projections by which the bottom of the pot Will be elevated above its supporting surface.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pot as seen from its bottom end. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of same illustrating the Inanner of joining the ends of a rectangular blank together to form a cylinder, and showing the manner in which the pot is supported to permit circulation of air thereunder. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section and plan on the line 3-3 of F ig. 2. Fig. 4L illustrates the blank from which the pot is formed. Figs. 5 and (3 are diagrams illustrating the manner of folding the bottom end of the pot.

More specifically 7 indicates a rectangular blank for forming the side Walls and bottom of the pot, Which blank is preferably made of paper or similar material having a flexi- Specifcaton of Letters Patent. Pntgd Jun@ 13, 1916.

Serial No. 58,299.

ble character, yet possessing sufficient rigidity to form a substantial structure. This blank 7 may be Waterproofed in any desired manner; the ordinary tarred paper of coinnierce effectively serving the purpose.

In forming the cylindrical Walls of the pot the ends aand Hb* of theblank 7 are joined together by means of a substantially straight Wire 8, the ends of which are thrust through perforations 9 and l() formed in the overlapped ends of the blank, as particularly shown in F 2; the ends of the Wire 8 projecting beyond the opposite end Walls of the perforations 9 and l0 to form an effective binder.y The fastening Wire is preferably inserted in place from the perforations 9 and l0 when the pot is filled With earth to separate the ends a and and permit the removal of the pot from its contents Without breaking the soil and disturbing the roots of the plant therein.

T he bottom of the pot is formed by folding the cylinder formed as `iust described in a peculiar manner by which the bottom of the pot will be disposed above its supportingv vbottom of the pot the opposite edges -0- and '-rZ- of one end of the cylinder at right angles to the overlapped ends *a and -7)- of the blank, are inturned toward each other to form substantially horizontally eX- tending fold portions on and -fas shown in Fig. 6. rlhe fold portions e and are of such length as to space the edges -cand dm a short distance apart to form a vent 1l in the bottom of the pot, and the folds -eand icare extended from points gwell up on diametrically opposite sides of the cylinder so as to arch the bottom portions -eand ftransversely as shown in Figs. l and Q, when the bottom is completed.

In folding the portions eand -ftriangular shaped fold portions -L- are formed at the ends thereof connecting with the projecting continuations v3- on opposite sides of the cylinder end. The pro-jections ifare then inturned toward each other, as shown in Fig. l, to extend on a subksta-ntially horizontal plane beneath the arched bottom portions feand -f-E; the` fold line -jat the intersection of the por-V tions and the cylindrical Walls of the pot extending approximately on a straight `line parallel With the top of the pot to form a substantial base or support along opposite sides of they pot. 1

When the pot is disposed in4 an upright position on a supporting surface, as shown in Fig. 2, an air space'12 will be formed be- 'V tiveen the arched bottom portions feand 7EV- andthe inturned supporting portions l whichv air space is open at opposite sides ofthe pot between the supporting base at the fold lines -jand forms a passage for the circulation of air beneath the bottom of the pot and communicates With the vent 11`therein to aerate the soil in the bottom of the potat this point.}

While I have shown and described the pot as formed of a single blank 7', it is manifest` that Where additional rigidityris required the number of blanks may be multiplied to any desired extent. By arching the bottom portions 6 and -7"- the tendency of the Weight of the earth in the pot Y to press these portions flat against the supporting surface and thereby Vclose the air passage 12 is obviated and permits the use of a light material in the construction of the ot. f

l/V hen it is desired to remove a plant from the pot the Wire fastener 8 is removed and the overlapped ends -dand of the cylinder drawn apart, Which Will permit of the cylindrical Walls of the pot being readily removed from the earth molded therein Without disturbing the roots of the plant.

A pot of thisl character is readily adapted to bc made up as used, and is of such cheap lconstruction thatthe body portions may be f* cylinder inturned on Y an archedbottom With'a vent and" having Vformed of a rectangular blankivith the ends detacliably secured together, one end o f said opposite sides to form the opposite sides at right anglesto the inturned arched portions bent inwardly to form a supporting base for the pot by which f a passage'is formed beneath the pot.

2. kln a'planting pot formed of a rectangu-` lar blank with the ends of the blank overflapping to form a cylinder the cylinder folded to forni an arched 'bottom said bottom being provided with a vent therein, means for detachalfly securing the ends of the blank together coii'ipijising a ivire having its ends thrust through per literations in the overlapped ends of the blank..

3. A. planting pot,'coinprising ar cyliiidri.

cal Wall formed of a rectangular blank having its ends overlapped, means for detach-V ably connecting the `ends of the blank together comprising a Wire Vhaving itsends thrust through pei'forations in the overlapped ends of the blank from theexterior of the cylinder thus forined,said cylinder having oppositely rinturned portions on one end thereof, said. inturned portions arched transversely to form a passage therebeneath opening at vopposite sides of the cylinder and'communicating with a vent spaccrbetween the ends of the inturned portions, and inturned portions on opposite sides of the end of the cylinder at right angles to the arched inturned yportions forming supporting members for the pot.

In Witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 30th day of January, 1914i. I

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Witnesses: Y n EDMUND A. STRAUSE, MARIE BATTEY.

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